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Priests and Archbishop Ultimately Make the School Decisions

Posted on October 11, 2011 by admin

At a meeting held at St. Dominic Parish on October 4th, 2011 for St. Dominic, Holy Name and St. Clement parishes, it was clarified that the decision to close both St. Dominic and Holy Family schools and to open one … Continue reading →

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St. Dominic School Restricted Funds Could Be Moved to New Legal Entity

Posted on October 11, 2011 by admin

Per the approved and distributed Finance Committee Meeting Minutes from the August 17th, 2011 meeting, the new school committees will be examining St. Dominic School restricted funds to determine whether they can be used at the new school after St. … Continue reading →

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Archbishop Dissolves Parish Council Partially Due to Opposition to Close St. Dominic School

Posted on October 11, 2011 by admin

A letter from Fr. Al Veik was included as an insert to the weekend bulletin for October 1st and 2nd, 2011.  The letter was included as an explanation for the dissolution of the entire St. Dominic Parish Council the prior … Continue reading →

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School Decision NOT As Previously Announced

Posted on September 25, 2011 by admin

The following email was sent by Kathleen Cepalka which indicates that the decision to have one school at the current Holy Family School site is no longer “the decision” but apparently was “an assumption”.  (See the March 1, 2011 letter from Fr. … Continue reading →

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Parish Council Dissolved!??

Posted on September 25, 2011 by admin

Fr. Al Veik called the Parish Council members today to announce that the Archbishop has made a decision to dissolve the St. Dominic Parish Council. Fr. Al stated that in other Archdioceses this is a normal practice when a new Pastor … Continue reading →

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Handouts from September 12, 2011 Meeting

Posted on September 13, 2011 by admin

Thank you to the approximately 200 people who attended tonight’s meeting. Your support of St. Dominic School and Parish was communicated loud and clear. It is important that we move forward in a unified and Christian manner. There were many … Continue reading →

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Important Meeting for all Parishioners to be held at Blue Harbor Conference Center on Monday, September 12, 2011 at 6:30pm

Posted on September 8, 2011 by admin

A group of lay leaders at St. Dominic Parish requested a meeting to be held in our Parish Activity Center on September 12, 2011. The Archdiocese policies state that open meetings are to be held for the purpose of presenting the recommendations … Continue reading →

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Status of School Closing and Trustee Position

Posted on July 21, 2011 by admin

As many of you know, there has been a group who has been working to have the decision to close St. Dominic School reversed.  The group believes that closing St. Dominic School will ultimately reduce the effectiveness of Catholic ministries … Continue reading →

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Temporary Priest Makes Permanent Decision

Posted on March 4, 2011 by admin

Fr. John Radetski is leaving St. Dominic Parish in June.  His decision is due in part to negative experiences at our parish as he outlines in his bulletin article the weekend after his announcement.  In fact you are encouraged to read … Continue reading →

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Independent Corporation: Real or Smokescreen?

Posted on March 4, 2011 by admin

In a real “independent corporation”, the Board of Directors would vote regarding large corporate decisions.  I would think that closing a school would require such a vote.  Yet our Parish Trustees, who are officers of the “independent corporation” did not … Continue reading →

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